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03 Aug 2015 5:36:05am

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There are important moral differences between a lion killing another animal, and humans shooting "vermin" or other animals. In the first place, lions are carnivores; they cannot survive without meat. Humans are onmivores entirely capable of living healthy lives without meat. We eat meat because we like it, not because we need it. Secondly, we have the ability to reason about our choices; lions do not.

Re the eradication of "vermin": it could be argued that caucasions are "vermin" in Australia. Does that mean that Aboriginal people have the right to hunt and shoot us?